and as news 4's dan hellie tells us, mike shanahan is already looking towards next season. >> reporter: this was the tipping point game for the redskins. enter the bye week at 4-5, we'd be talking about the playoffs, hopes still alive, everybody praising rg3. lose, you drop to 3-6, and the season is all but over. and mike shanahan essentially acknowledged that in his post-game press conference, saying the redskins were now in evaluation mode, something you rarely hear from a head coach with seven games remaining in the regular season. >> obviously very disappointed. a must win game gives you the chance to play for a playoff spot. when you lose a game like that, now you're playing to see who is going to be on your football team for years to come. now we get a chance to evaluate players and see where we're at. obviously, we're not out of it statistically. now we find out what kind of character we got and guys fighting through the rest of the season. >> people are going to criticize the coach. they're going to criticize the players. they're going t say that drastic changes need to be made